NOVEMBER ALREADY !

SEPTEMBER MILD,
OCTOBER GOLD,
ARE FOLLOWED BY NOVEMBER COLD

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN PARTY !

THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN

THE HARVEST MOON FILLS THE SKY

A WICKED WITCH GOES FLYING BY

GHOSTS AND GOBLINS..SKELETON'S TOO.
MOANING AND GROANING, WAITING FOR YOU
BLACK CATS PROWL THE GRAVEYARD PLOTS

WITCHES COOK IN CAULDRON POTS

CEMETERY GHOULS ROAM THE GROUND
NOT ONE UNOPENED GRAVE IS FOUND

TOMBSTONES ARE AN EERIE SIGHT

SHADOWS DANCE IN FULL MOON LIGHT

THE HAUNTED HOUSE ON THE HILL
WALK IN THERE AND YOU GET A CHILL

JACK-O-LANTERNS EYES SO BRIGHT
TRICK OR TREATERS SCREAM IN FRIGHT

IT'S A TIME LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN

TONIGHTS THE NIGHT
OF HALLOWEEN.
- POEM ~By Sandi VanderSluis/ Corky Ferguson. Copyright 1999~
BROOOOHAHAHA HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE !

VINTAGE THINGIES THURSDAY - HALLOWEEN MEMORIES

WHAT ARE YOUR
" FAVORITE "
HALLOWEEN MEMORIES????????
MY INTEREST IN HALLOWEEN AND DECORATIONS
GOES BACK TO CHILDHOOD. IT SEEMED THAT
EVERY SCHOOL TEACHER DECORATED HER
CLASSROOM WITH MONTHLY THEMES. IN
OCTOBER THE JACK O LANTERNS, GHOSTS
AND WITCHES WOULD LINE THE WALLS WITH
TWISTED ORANGE AND BLACK CREPE PAPER
ON THE CEILING. SO FESTIVE AND SO MUCH
FUN, AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF THE CLASSROOM
HALLOWEEN PARTY WITH ORANGE PUNCH,
CUPCAKES,COOKIES AND POPCORN BALLS.
SO BEGAN MY ENTHUSIASM FOR HALLOWEEN
AND DECORATIONS. SO WHEN I AM OUT
SHOPPING VINTAGE OR GARAGE SALEING -
I BUY WHAT I LOVE. THESE ARE PUMPKIN
HONEYCOMB TISSUE PLACE CARDS UNOPENED
MADE BY THE BEISTLE COMPANY.
I FOUND THIS COOL CLASSIC PUMPKIN
HEAD BEISTLE CUTOUT
AND THIS CORN COB PIPE PUMPKINHEAD AT
A THIRFT STORE. BOTH IN EXCELLENT SHAPE!
BUT PROBABLY BOTH NOT ORIGINALS LIKE THE
NEXT USED WITCH & PUMPKIN HEAD CUTOUTS
WHICH BOTH SHOW THEIR AGE AND SOME DAMAGE
FROM USE.
THIS WITCH I FOUND AT A GARAGE SALE
USED WITH STRING STILL ATTACHED.
MARKED H.E. LUHRS (A BEISTLE TRADEMARK)

ANOTHER USED PUMPKINHEAD WITH THE
ORIGINAL THREE COLORS. ORANGE, BLACK
AND YELLOW. ALSO WITH AN ORIGINAL
STRING ATTACHED.
LAST MY THREE BEISTLE JACK-O-LANTERNS
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY HOPE YOU HAD FUN!
I DID! VISIT COLORADO LADY FOR MORE VINTAGE
THINGIES ON THURSDAY!

VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAY

WELCOME TO MY VINTAGE THINGIE
THURSDAY! THIS WEEK SOME SILLY,
WACKY,WEIRD OR FRIGHTFUL....
HALLOWEEN THINGIES!
FIRST A PLASTIC CAT MASK, THESE
MASKS WERE ACTUALLY HARD TO
WEAR FOR KIDS BECAUSE THE MASKS
WOULD MOVE AROUND ON THE HEAD
AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE AND
TO BREATH THROUGH THE MOUTH......
THIS ACTUALLY WAS A PREMIUM WHEN YOU
PURCHASED SUPER SIZED,"ZEST" BAR SOAP.
IT IS MARKED ON THE BACK OF THE MASK.
THE NEXT MASK IS ALSO PLASTIC AND
IS THE WELL KNOWN SPIDERMAN.
THE NEXT MASK IS A SMILING FELLOW
WHO WAS A VERY POPULAR MASKED
COSTUME IN THE 1960'S:
IF YOU REMEMBER VINTAGE OUTDOOR
DECORATIONS, YOU'LL KNOW THIS LIGHT
BULB AND PLUG SET. IT STILL HAS ITS
ORIGINAL UL, MADE IN U.S.A. TAG!
HERE'S THE OUTDOOR DECORATION THE
PLUG BELONGED TO. UNFORTUNATELY
THE DECORATION DISAPPEARED THE
SAME YEAR I TOOK THIS PHOTO. IT HAD
SNOWED-SLUSHED ABOUT ONE INCH,
ON OCTOBER 8TH THAT YEAR AND I
TOOK A FEW OUTSIDE PHOTOS.
THIS DECORATION HAPPENED TO
BE IN THE PHOTOS!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY VINTAGE THINGIES!
REPOST FROM 9 OCT 2008

HALLOWEEN PARTY FUN

HALLOWEEN IS STRICTLY FOR
FUN! ONCE YOU'VE PASSED THE
TRICK OR TREAT STAGE, IT'S A
GOOD EXCUSE FOR A PARTY!
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IN 1970 YOUR ADULT PARTY
WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
Baked beans, brown bread,
cider, candy apples and
peanut popcorn balls!
AT A KIDS PARTY IN 1967
YOU MIGHT HAVE PEANUT-
POPCORN BARS, OCTOBER
NECTAR, AND OF COURSE
PUMPKINISH PIZZA!
AND SING A FUN SONG ABOUT
HALLOWEEN NIGHT!
AND PLAY "GOOD GAMES"
LIKE GHOSTS EYES, QUICK
AS A CAT AND WITCHES SPOON!
AS YOU LEAVE THE PARTY
YOUR HOSTS WOULD PLUG
IN THE DECORATIONS
INCLUDING THIS PLASTIC
SCARECROW AND OF
COURSE...............
THE OLDER DECORATIONS
THEY FOUND IN THE ATTIC,
THE JACK-O-LANTERN AND
BLACK CAT DECORATIONS!
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN!

FOR MORE FABULOUS FUN VISIT
VINTAGE THINGIES THURSDAY
*Kids party ideas from
Jack and Jill Magazine
October 1967 and 1971.
REPOST FROM 31 OCT 2008